Link to exiled.Loader

Testing is rly needed on this as i cant test it locally because it takes the installer from github release

Author: MikeSus1

EXILED/Exiled.Installer/Program.cs

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ internal static async Task MainSafe(CommandSettings args)
                     GitHubClient.Credentials = new Credentials(args.GitHubToken, AuthenticationType.Bearer);
                 }
 
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.TargetVersion))
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.TargetVersion) && !args.PreReleases)
                 {
                     Console.WriteLine(Resources.Program_MainSafe_Which_version_would_you_like_to_install_);
                     Console.WriteLine(Resources.Program_MainSafe__1___Latest_stable_release);

EXILED/Exiled.Loader/Models/NewVersion.cs

@@ -24,15 +24,22 @@ public readonly struct NewVersion
         /// </summary>
         public readonly ReleaseAsset Asset;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates if the release is a prerelease.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly bool IsPrerelease;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="NewVersion"/> struct.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="release"><inheritdoc cref="Release"/></param>
         /// <param name="asset"><inheritdoc cref="Asset"/></param>
-        public NewVersion(Release release, ReleaseAsset asset)
+        /// /// <param name="isPrerelease">Indicates whether the release is a prerelease.</param>
+        public NewVersion(Release release, ReleaseAsset asset, bool isPrerelease)
         {
             Release = release;
             Asset = asset;
+            IsPrerelease = isPrerelease;
         }
     }
 }

EXILED/Exiled.Loader/Updater.cs

@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ private bool FindUpdate(HttpClient client, bool forced, out NewVersion newVersio
                     }
                     else
                     {
+                        bool isPrerelease = targetRelease.PreRelease;
+                        Log.Info($"Release type: {(isPrerelease ? "Prerelease" : "Stable")}");
+
                         Log.Info($"Found asset - Name: {asset.Name} | Size: {asset.Size} Download: {asset.BrowserDownloadUrl}");
-                        newVersion = new NewVersion(targetRelease, asset);
+                        newVersion = new NewVersion(targetRelease, asset, isPrerelease);
                         return true;
                     }
                 }
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ private void Update(HttpClient client, NewVersion newVersion)
                     FileName = installerPath,
                     UseShellExecute = false,
                     CreateNoWindow = true,
-                    Arguments = $"--exit {(Folder == "global" ? string.Empty : $"--target-port {Folder}")} --target-version {newVersion.Release.TagName} --appdata \"{Paths.AppData}\" --exiled \"{Path.Combine(Paths.Exiled, "..")}\"",
+                    Arguments = $"--exit {(Folder == "global" ? string.Empty : $"--target-port {Folder}")} --target-version {newVersion.Release.TagName} --appdata \"{Paths.AppData}\" --exiled \"{Path.Combine(Paths.Exiled, "..")}\" {(newVersion.IsPrerelease ? "--pre-releases" : string.Empty)}",
                     RedirectStandardOutput = true,
                     RedirectStandardError = true,
                     StandardErrorEncoding = ProcessEncoding,